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Uniform commercial code (UCC)
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) Set of laws regulating commercial transactions, especially ones involving the sale of goods and secured transactions.
Uniform limited offering exemption (ULOE)
Financial services; Private equity
(USA) An exemption provided by many states of the USA from the registration requirements of state blue sky laws for non-public offerings of securities. It substantially parallels the requirements of ...
Underwriting discount or commission or spread
Financial services; Private equity
The difference between the price at which underwriters buy securities from the issuer in a firm commitment public offering and the public offering price.
Underwriting agreement
Financial services; Private equity
The document pursuant to which the underwriters of a public offering contractually commit to purchase from the issuer the securities that are the subject of the public offering (or, in a best efforts ...
Underwriter
Financial services; Private equity
In a firm commitment offering, a person (typically an investment banking firm) that purchases an entire security issue for resale to the public in a public offering.
Termination for cause
Financial services; Private equity
Termination of an employee's employment with justification, typically defined in some detail.
Term sheet
Financial services; Private equity
A short document summarising the principal financial and other terms of a proposed investment. It usually is non-binding, but may impose some legal obligations on the investor and the company. ...
